US3131842A

US3131842A - Carrier attachment for golf bag carts

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Publication number: US3131842A
Application number: US122798A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr William B Dingle; Robert E Hughes
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1961-07-10
Filing date: 1961-07-10
Publication date: 1964-05-05
Anticipated expiration: 1981-05-05

Description

2 Sheets-Sheet l May 5, 1964 w. a. DINGLE, JR., ETAL CARRIER ATTACHMENT FOR GOLF BAG CARTS Filed July 10, 1961 b. A m 2 a H M q M 3 a B a a a a H m m m M Q 0 fl 5 -c 3 a 2 z 5 n n u CT 5 a m 2 HJ ii 1 y 5 1964 w. B. DINGLE, JR, ETAL 3,131,842

CARRIER ATTACHMENT F OR GOLF BAG CARTS Filed July 10, 1961 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS B. Dingle J/I Robert E HUj/les A zzys.

United States Patent 3 131 842 CARRIER ATTACHMENTFOR GOLF BAG CARTS William B. Dingle, J12, 309 E. Park St., and Robert E. Hughes, 402 E. Patit, both of Dayton, Wash. Filed July 10, 1961, Ser. No. 122,798 1 Claim. (31. 224-29 The present invention relates to a novel carrier attachment adapted for use on golf bag carts.

This invention is particularly designed to provide a carrier attachment for the holding of opened glasses, bottles, cans or other liquid filled receptacles on a golf bag cart. Such carts are commonly used to carry golf clubs about a course during the progress of a game. Due to the outdoor exposure and the long duration of time required for such games, many persons desire some form of liquid refreshment while at a position quite distant from the nearest facilities. The handling of containers in which liquids may be stored presents a problem since the person playing golf must remain mobile. In order to pro ice As seen in FIGURES 1 and 2, the present invention is particularly adapted for use on a cart generally shown and designated as 9. The cart 9 may be of any common design used to carry a golf bag about a golf course. Normally such carts include a tubular handle 8 which projects rearwardly for manual control of the cart 9. The configurations of the cart 9 and the handle 8 are immaterial to the present invention.

The attachment which comprises this invention is adapted to be secured to the handle 8 at a convenient height by means of a clamp having two separable members 10 and 11. The members 10 and 11 are mirror images of one another and are formed identically. Each is provided with a concave inner surface adapted to be mounted concentrically about the tubular handle 8. The

7 members 10 and 11 are separated from the handle 8 by vide a mobile carrier attachment the present invention contemplates a simple device which may be readily secured on any existing cart.

It is a first object of the present invention to provide such an attachmnt which may be readily secured to or removed from a cart handle. The invention contemplates an attachment which is positionable at a handy location for use by those playing golf.

Another object of this invention is to provide such an attachment which may be easily cleaned so as to remain in a sanitary condition. In order to accomplish this, the several parts of the invention are removable from one another for ready cleaning apart fiom the cart itself.

It is another object of this invention to provide an insulated carrier for liquids in order to retain their hot or cold condition during use of the attachment.

It is a final object of this invention to provide such an attachment which will maintain the liquid receptacle in an upright position regardless of the relative motion of the cart on which it is mounted.

These and further objects will be evident from a study of the following disclosure when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The illustrations presented herewith are exemplary and are designed to show one preferred form of the invention. It is to be understood that other forms are conceivable within the scope of this invention and therefore the invention itself is to be limited only as it is defined in the claim.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a rear view of a golf cart equipped with the present invention;

FIGURE 2 is a side view of the cart shown in FIG- URE 1;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged view taken through the hendle of a cart on which the attachment is secured, the left hand half of the figure being taken along a vertical section through the center of one container support;

FIGURE 4 is a top view looking down on the attachment as mounted on a tubular handle;

FIGURE 5 is a vertical sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIGURE 3; and

FIGURE 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 in FIGURE 3.

The attachment shown in FIGURES 1 through 6 is designed primarily to support liquid receptacles such as bottles, cans or glasses. The attachment is particularly adapted for use on the handle of a golf bag cart but may be utilized on other devices having similar tubular elements. The attachment is designed to maintain the object being carried in an upright position and is insulated so as to maintain it in a hot or cold condition, depending upon the type of liquid being handled.

resilient spacers 12 which serve to securely grip the handle 8 when the members 10 and 11 are squeezed toward one another. The members 10 and 11 are secured to the handle 8 by means of a pair of identical angular bolts 13. The bolts 13 are provided with a collar 24 adapted to abut the outer edge of the member 11. The outer edge of the member 10 is abutted by a cap nut 14 which threadably engages the end of bolt 13 projecting through the members 10 and 11. By securing the nuts 14, the two bolts 13 and the members 16 and 11 may be securely fixed relative to the tubular handle 8. The bolts 13 are extended outwardly in an axial direction which projects perpendicularly to a vertical plane cut through the central longitudinal axis of tubular handle 8. These outwardly extending pivot elements are designated by the numeral 15 and terminate at enlarged ends 25.

Pivotally carried by the elements 15 is a U-shaped bracket 16. The bracket 16 is provided with a pair of legs 17 which are respectively pivoted adjacent their open ends to the two pivotal elements 15. Thus the U-shaped bracket 16, in effect, straddles the tubular handle 8. The enlarged ends 25 of the pivot element 15 maintain the legs 17 in the proper axial positions relative to the pivot element 15.

Mounted on the bracket 16 are two container supports, each of which generally comprises a lower body 18. The body 18 is provided with a removable cover 21. As seen in the drawings, the body 18 includes an inner shell 18a and an outer shell 18b, separated by a layer of insulating material 18c. The cover 21 is manufactured in an identical manner and includes an inner shell 21a, an outer shell 21b and a separating layer of insulating material 210. The outer shell 21b of the cover 21 overlaps the insulating layer 18c of the body 18 so as to secure the cover 21 to the body 18. In order to accomplish this the outer shell 18b is recessed sufficiently to receive the outer shell 21b. Thus the body 18, with its closed lower end, provides the receptacle for supporting a bottle such as that shown in dashed lines in FIGURE 3, or any other liquid containing device. The cover 21 provides additional insulation and protection while the liquid device is not in use.

The body 18 of each container support is provided with a longitudinal channel 19 secured along the outer surface of the outer shell 1812. Each channel 19 is provided with a pair of inwardly directed flanges 20, which are adapted to wrap about the side edges of the U-shaped bracket legs 17. The channel 19 on each body 18 slidably receives the adjacent plate 17 and abuts the left portion of the U-shaped bracket 16 to limit its vertical position. Thus either of the container supports may be readily dismounted by merely pulling upwardly on the body 18 to thereby cause the channel 19 to slide relative to the respective plate 17.

In order to provide a ready means of storing the cover 21 when not in use, a hook 22 is provided at the lowermost surface ofthe body 18. Hook 22 merely consists open sides and is adapted to be received within a corre- V sponing hanger 23. mounted on the upper end of the respective cover 21. The hanger 23 also consists of a fiat plate spaced a slight distance from the outer surface of the shell 21b. Hanger 23 has enclosed sides so as to prevent slippage of the hanger 23 relative to hook 23, when the cover 21' is suspended below, the body 18. This inter= relation between the suspended cover 21 and the supporting body 18 can best be seen in FIGURE 5 where the suspended position of cover 21 is illustrated in dashed lines.

The construction of the above described device is exceedingly simple. Each part may be readily dismantled so as to be cleaned and thereby remain in a sanitary condition since the device is primarily designed for, the storage of consumable liquids, Naturally; it is not necessary that the device be restricted to such use and it is perceived that other storage uses may be contemplated within the planned useage of the invention.

2 In order to maintain the attachment in an upright position as illustrated in the drawings, it is necemary that the combined center of gravity of the bracket 16 and the container support secured thereto lie below the pivotal axisof bracket 16 relative to the tubular handle 8. This will be insured by the normal Weight of the object placed Within the body 18 and by the design of the article which 6 places all, the weight of bracket 16 below the axis of the respective pivot elements 15. Thus the container supports will remain in this upright position by pivoting about the pivot elements 15 in a free manner.

The present invention is susceptible of many deviations of attaching the covers 21 to the bodies 18 may be varied without changing the basic concept of the attachment.

For these reasons, only the following claim is presented as a definition of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

A carrier comprising:

amounting clamp adapted to be fixedly secure about the periphery of the support having a central longitudinal axis;

a pair of fixed pivot elements eqtending outwardly from said mounting clamp in axially aligned opposite directions perpendicular to a vertical plane cut through the central longitudinal axis of said support;

a U-shaped bracket including a pair of outwardly extending legs respectively pivoted adjacent their open ends by the outer ends of said pivot elements;

and a container support carried on one of said legs of said bracket along the outwardly facing surface thereof, the container support comprising a cylindrical body having one closed end and a movable:

below the pivotal axis of said bracket relative to said a pivot elements.

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